NORFOLK, VA-- The Monarchs host Towson in a three-game CAA series starting Friday
night at 7 p.m. It's Flood The Bud night as ODU will attempt to break the
school's single game attendance mark of 2,125 set in 1984. Tickets are one dollar and ODU students get in free with their student ID.

There will also be a student pre-game picnic with free food starting at 6 p.m. Other promotional give-a-ways will include 500 dollars to the student organization
that wins the Spirit Contest, a free Airtran Round Trip plane ticket to the
Fan of the Game, and the first 75 students in the stadium will get a free
ODU Baseball Tee-shirt.

The Tigers come into the series with a 12-27 record and 6-9 in the CAA, while
ODU is 16-25 overall and 4-8 in the CAA.

On the mound, Kyle Hald leads the CAA in strikeouts with 69 and Ben Tomchick
is eighth with 47. Hald leads the CAA in complete games and is tied with Kevin
Munson of JMU, Cameron Roth of UNCW and Matt Davenport of W&M with six wins.

Hald is scheduled to pitch Friday, Chris Boggs on Saturday and Ben Tomchick on
Sunday. Towson is scheduled to throwMike Trionfo on Friday, Mike Bronakowski on
Saturday and AUstin Hurd on Sunday.

The Tigers are led by Chris Wychock with a .362 average, 36 RBI and nine homers.

ODU leads the series, 18-15. The two teams did not play last year. In 2008,
Towson beat the Monarchs three out of four, including a win in the CAA Tournament.